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Title: Atlanta Braves: The Continuing Fiasco Post by: Marshal Dillon on September 21, 2015, 07:17:28 PM John Hart, Braves GM, has done more to destroy a team that was a borderline playoff team to a joke since owner Bill Bartholmay in the 1970's. After draining the team of talent & money, he sold it to Ted Turner in 1976. Here are the results of Hart's genius:
Record 60-90 with 12 games left. They are 23-52 on the road. HITTING STATS 30 Teams in MLB 20th: Team Batting Avg. .250 Last: Home runs 88 (tat's right 88, next lowest is 111 Marlins) Last: Runs 527 27th: Doubles 26th: Triples 20th: Stolen Bases PITCHING 27th: ERA 13th: Saves 22nd: Strikeouts 2nd: Most Walks Allowed FIELDING 12th PLAYER STATS 25th: Highest Batting Avg. .298 18th: Homers 18 (Freeman) 95th: RBI's 59 (Freeman) 72nd: Runs 67 That GM is truly outstanding, but don't worry, he's promising everything will be okay by 2017. :wall: :wall: :wall: Title: Re: Atlanta Braves: The Continuing Fiasco Post by: 2Stater on September 21, 2015, 07:25:18 PM I was listening to the Mets-Braves game coming back from NC last week. Don Sutton was talking about how the Braves have put themselves in a great position to acquire free agents, and add a few up and coming farm system guys next year to open their new stadium. The depletion of the team was by design this year to save money for next year.
I hope he's right. Title: Re: Atlanta Braves: The Continuing Fiasco Post by: Jamos on September 21, 2015, 07:32:24 PM I was listening to the Mets-Braves game coming back from NC last week. Don Sutton was talking about how the Braves have put themselves in a great position to acquire free agents, and add a few up and coming farm system guys next year to open their new stadium. The depletion of the team was by design this year to save money for next year. I hope he's right. Well they get an A+ for that job, they couldn't have done it any better. :) Title: Re: Atlanta Braves: The Continuing Fiasco Post by: Marshal Dillon on September 21, 2015, 08:20:44 PM I was listening to the Mets-Braves game coming back from NC last week. Don Sutton was talking about how the Braves have put themselves in a great position to acquire free agents, and add a few up and coming farm system guys next year to open their new stadium. The depletion of the team was by design this year to save money for next year. I hope he's right. That's the excuse they have been giving since the preseason. Braves have never been big in the free agent market like Red Sox, Yankees, & Dodgers. They are usually very selective with pick-ups like Greg Maddox, Fred McGriff, Terry Pendleton, Otis Nixon, & a few others. Of course, they already had a core group of players to build on, like Glavine, Smoltz, Chipper, Javier Lopez, Lemke, Steve Avery & others. :popcorn2: Title: Re: Atlanta Braves: The Continuing Fiasco Post by: 2Stater on September 21, 2015, 09:06:39 PM I was listening to the Mets-Braves game coming back from NC last week. Don Sutton was talking about how the Braves have put themselves in a great position to acquire free agents, and add a few up and coming farm system guys next year to open their new stadium. The depletion of the team was by design this year to save money for next year. I hope he's right. That's the excuse they have been giving since the preseason. Braves have never been big in the free agent market like Red Sox, Yankees, & Dodgers. They are usually very selective with pick-ups like Greg Maddox, Fred McGriff, Terry Pendleton, Otis Nixon, & a few others. Of course, they already had a core group of players to build on, like Glavine, Smoltz, Chipper, Javier Lopez, Lemke, Steve Avery & others. :popcorn2: That was the old Braves. Under the new regime, they went out and got the Upton brothers and Dan Uggla. Those moves blew up in their face, but we may see some pickiups in the off season. We'll have to wait and see. :popcorn2: Title: Re: Atlanta Braves: The Continuing Fiasco Post by: Marshal Dillon on September 21, 2015, 09:26:56 PM I was listening to the Mets-Braves game coming back from NC last week. Don Sutton was talking about how the Braves have put themselves in a great position to acquire free agents, and add a few up and coming farm system guys next year to open their new stadium. The depletion of the team was by design this year to save money for next year. I hope he's right. That's the excuse they have been giving since the preseason. Braves have never been big in the free agent market like Red Sox, Yankees, & Dodgers. They are usually very selective with pick-ups like Greg Maddox, Fred McGriff, Terry Pendleton, Otis Nixon, & a few others. Of course, they already had a core group of players to build on, like Glavine, Smoltz, Chipper, Javier Lopez, Lemke, Steve Avery & others. :popcorn2: That was the old Braves. Under the new regime, they went out and got the Upton brothers and Dan Uggla. Those moves blew up in their face, but we may see some pickiups in the off season. We'll have to wait and see. :popcorn2: I think they might sign 1-3 free agents to fill certain needs. All free agents are not big time players, some may be lesser known but known for their fielding, or clutch hitting, or some other need. We might sign 1 big time player, hopefully a power hitter. I am almost afraid of what screw-ups Hart might pull. The signings of the Uptons & Uggla cost Wren his GM job. What an idiot. :tinfoil: Title: Re: Atlanta Braves: The Continuing Fiasco Post by: Hannibal Lecter, MD on September 22, 2015, 10:58:55 AM I'd be willing to bet that a lot of the Houston Astros fans were calling their organization's leadership into question 2-3 years ago too.
Title: Re: Atlanta Braves: The Continuing Fiasco Post by: Marshal Dillon on September 22, 2015, 02:46:20 PM I'd be willing to bet that a lot of the Houston Astros fans were calling their organization's leadership into question 2-3 years ago too. The Astros have been dregs for several years & they are doing okay but not great right now. I hope we're not looking at 6 years of major failure. 2009 2009 NL Central 5th 74 88 .457 17 2010 2010 NL Central 4th 76 86 .469 15 2011 2011 NL Central 6th 56 106 .346 37½ 2012 2012 NL Central 6th 55 107 .340 42 2013 2013 AL West 5th 51 111 .315 45 2014 2014 AL West 4th 70 92 .432 28 2015 1st 80 71 :tinfoil: Title: Re: Atlanta Braves: The Continuing Fiasco Post by: SUPERCOACH on September 22, 2015, 02:48:53 PM The Astros are in the AL now. :dunno:
Shows how much I follow baseball these days. :lol2: Title: Re: Atlanta Braves: The Continuing Fiasco Post by: Marshal Dillon on October 04, 2015, 10:12:49 PM Well, baseball regular season is over & Jim Hart has succeeded into turning a playoff contender into a joke.
Braves season records: 2011 89-73 2012 94-68 (6th best record in MLB) 2013 96-66 (3rd best in MLB) 2014 79-83 2015 67-95 :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: Title: Re: Atlanta Braves: The Continuing Fiasco Post by: ricky023 on October 05, 2015, 01:16:00 AM Yes but the bleeding is stopped now. Shoot my O's didn't do what I wanted either. Bad year. RTR!
Title: Re: Atlanta Braves: The Continuing Fiasco Post by: Marshal Dillon on October 05, 2015, 02:11:00 PM Yes but the bleeding is stopped now. Shoot my O's didn't do what I wanted either. Bad year. RTR! Yeah, the bleeding is over because the patient is dead from loss of blood. Title: Re: Atlanta Braves: The Continuing Fiasco Post by: SUPERCOACH on October 05, 2015, 02:21:12 PM Yes but the bleeding is stopped now. Shoot my O's didn't do what I wanted either. Bad year. RTR! Yeah, the bleeding is over because the patient is dead from loss of blood. :lol2: Title: Re: Atlanta Braves: The Continuing Fiasco Post by: Marshal Dillon on November 12, 2015, 08:49:26 PM The genius GM of the Braves has struck. He traded THE BEST fielding SS in baseball (26 years old) away for prospects and a 31 year old average fielding SS who can hit better than most shortstops, who is 31 years old. He made another brainy move for the future by signing a 39 year old catcher. Shortstop & catcher, along with a closer, are the 3 most important positions in baseball. We also traded away the BEST closer in baseball (age 27) early in the year. Yep, no doubt he is building for the future and I can't wait for 2017. The man is brilliant!!
Quote The Atlanta Braves have traded slick-fielding shortstop Andrelton Simmons to the Los Angeles Angels in a five-player swap that includes veteran shortstop Erick Aybar and a pair of pitching prospects. The Braves will also receive two minor league pitchers, left-hander Sean Newcomb and right-hander Chris Ellis, plus catcher Jose Briceno and cash in the deal. http://www.11alive.com/story/sports/mlb/atlanta-braves/2015/11/12/braves-trade-shortstop-andrelton-simmons-angels/75678468/ Quote The Atlanta Braves did not wait to address their question marks behind the plate. Veteran free-agent catcher A.J. Pierzynski is returning to the team on a one-year contract. The deal is reportedly worth $3 million with another $1 million possible in incentives. http://www.foxsports.com/south/story/atlanta-braves-re-sign-veteran-catcher-a-j-pierzynski-to-one-year-deal-111115 (http://d236bkdxj385sg.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/crying-man-11.jpg) Title: Re: Atlanta Braves: The Continuing Fiasco Post by: Marshal Dillon on June 11, 2016, 01:07:55 PM I was listening to the Mets-Braves game coming back from NC last week. Don Sutton was talking about how the Braves have put themselves in a great position to acquire free agents, and add a few up and coming farm system guys next year to open their new stadium. The depletion of the team was by design this year to save money for next year. I hope he's right. I brought this back to life after the current Braves situation. I wonder what Sutton has to say now? Braves are 18-42 and are in a tight race against the Twins to have the worst team in MLB. I think the Braves will "win" the competition to be the worst. Braves projected to win 48-49 games at this pace. :popcorn2: Title: Re: Atlanta Braves: The Continuing Fiasco Post by: ricky023 on June 11, 2016, 06:58:17 PM I do believe at the start of the year I predicted the braves to win 50 games. Somebody told me I was wrong they would win more than that, but I believe I am still close. RTR!
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